Emerson Drive - Moments guitar chord
MOMENTS
Written by Annie Tate, Sam Tate and Dave Berg
This arrangement based on the recording by Emerson Drive
Distinctive spooky sound in this song is the tritone D-G# which
occurs variously with notes E and/or B forming different chords.
Buskers can substitute E7 for G#o E7no5th/D E7/D
2 beats per chord
` = 2 beats
' = 1 beat
_ = change on 2+
(fade-in)
Dsus2
INTRO:
D5 G#o Dsus2 `
D5 G#o Asus2 `
I was
VERSE:
E7no5th/D ` E7no5th/D `
Coming to the end of a long long walk when a man crawled out of a cardboard box under the
Asus2 ` E/G# `
E Street Bridge followed me on to it
E7no5th/D ` E7no5th/D `
I went out half-way across with that homeless shadow tagging along so I
Asus2 ` E/G# `
Dug for some change wouldn't need it anyway he
PRE-CHORUS:
Dadd9 ` Bm7 `
Took it lookin' just a bit a-shamed he said you
Dadd9 ` D5* `
Know I haven't always been this way I've had my
CHORUS:
Aadd2 ` Dadd9 `
Moments days in the sun moments I was second to none
Bm11 ` Esus4 _E
Moments when I knew I did what I thought I couldn't do like that
Aadd2 ` Dadd9 `
Plane ride coming home from the war that summer my son was born
Bm11 ` Esus4 _E
Memories like a coat so warm a cold wind can't get through
REFRAIN:
D E7/D D `
Lookin' at me now you might not know it but I've had my
Asus2 `
Moments I
VERSE:
E7/D D E7/D D
Stood there tryin' to find my nerve wondering if a single soul on Earth would
Asus2 ` E/G# `
Care at all miss me when I'm gone__ that
E7/D D E7/D D
Old man just kept hanging around lookin' at me lookin' down I think he
Asus2 ` E/G# `
Recognized that look in my eyes__
PRE-CHORUS:
Dadd9 ` Bm7 `
Standing with him there I felt a-shamed I said you
Dadd9 ` D5* ' 'E7
Know I haven't always been this way I've had my
CHORUS:
Aadd2 ` Dadd9 `
Moments days in the sun moments I was second to none
Bm11 ` Esus4 _'E 'D
Moments when I knew I did what I thought I couldn't do like the
Aadd2 ` Dadd9 `
Day I walked a-way from the wine for a woman who be-came my wife and a
Bm11 ` Esus4 _E
Love that when it was right could always see me through
REFRAIN-LINK:
D E7/D D `
Lookin' at me now you might not know it I've had my
'A 'A/B 'A/C# 'A/E
Moments I know
BRIDGE: (breakdown)
F#m ' 'F#m/E Dadd9 `
Somewhere 'round a trashcan fire to-night that
Bm11 ` Esus4 E NC
Old man tells his__ story one more time he says I've had my
(- 2/4 bar -)
CHORUS:
Aadd2 ` Dadd9 `
Moments days in the sun moments I was second to none
(tutti)
Bm11 ` Esus4 _'E 'D
Moments when I knew I did what I thought I couldn't do like that
Aadd2 ` Dadd9 `
Cool night on the E Street Bridge when a young man almost ended it I was
Bm11 ` Esus4 _E
Right there wasn't scared a bit and I helped to pull him through
REFRAIN-VARIATION:
D E7/D D E7/D
Lookin' at me now you might not know it oh
D E7/D D `
Lookin' at me now you might not know it I've had my
TAG:
D5 G#o Dsus2 ` D5 G#o Asus2 `
Moments I've had my moments I've had my
D5 G#o Dsus2 ` D5 G#o Asus2 `
Moments I've had my moments
CODA: (fade on second repeat)
E7/D D E7/D D Aadd2 ` Aadd2 `
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CHORDS:
D5 G#o Dsus2 Asus2 E7no5th/D E/G# Dadd9 Bm7 D5* Aadd2
E|--5----4-----0------0------0---------0------0-----2----5-----0--|
B|--3----3-----3------0------3---------0------3-----3----3-----0--|
G|--2----4-----2------2------1---------4------2-----2----2-----6--|
D|--0----0-----0------2------0---------2------4-----4----0-----7--|
A|--------------------0-----------------------5-----2----0-----7--|
E|-------------------------------------4-----------------------5--|
Bm11 Esus4 E D E7/D E7 A A/B A/C# A/E F#m F#m/E
E|---0------0----0---2---0----0---0---0----0-----0----2-----2--|
B|---0------0----0---3---0----0---2---2----2-----2----2-----2--|
G|---7------2----1---2---1----1---2---2----2-----2----2-----2--|
D|---7------2----2---0---0----0---2---2----2-----2----4-----2--|
A|----------2----2------------2---0---2----4-------------------|
E|---7------0----0------------0--------------------------------|
Syncopation detail:
Esus4 E D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
"thought I couldn't do like that"
Variation in the breakdown sounds like a ritard but
in fact stays in time with an extra two beats:
Esus4 E NC E-0- = open 6th-string
E-0- / / / / = strum
1 + 2 e + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 +
"one more time he says I've had my"
Waynus Of Uranus
January 2007
